Mgr Clinical Contracts Finance - III

Responsibilities:

• Excellent employment opportunity for a Manager Clinical Contracts & Finance III in the Foster City CA area.
• The position is onsite three days a week either in Foster City New Jersey or the Santa Monica CA area.
• Currently seeking an industry leader for Sr. Manager R&D Outsourcing within our Development Business Operations department.
• The Sr. Manager will have the opportunity to provide category management sourcing and contracting expertise in clinical outsourcing of global Phase 1bPhase 3 clinical trials.
• The Sr. Manager will lead the entire life cycle including vendor selection RFI RFP vendor selection decision contracting monitoring performance change orders and ensuring proper closeout of clinical agreements with a focus on Clinical Research Organizations (CRO).
• The position will have the opportunity to work in a matrix environment and regularly collaborate with Senior Management and cross functional teams.
• Develops global clinical development vendor strategy for a program or therapeutic area with a focus on Cell Therapy
• Manages contract and sourcing activities for Phase 1b3 clinical development programs providing consistent customer service and delivering quantitative value through cost savings and transformation/innovation
• Develop and implement sourcing strategies to support given scope
• Manages the contract negotiation process across the entire life cycle including RFI vendor identification RFP vendor selection decision contract negotiation performance monitoring change orders and ensures proper closeout of agreements to maximize contract value and achieve target savings
• Ensure the vendor selection process is compliant by managing risks through benchmarking rate negotiations implementing the sourcing strategy collaborating with cross functional teams such as Compliance Legal and Regulatory
• Collaborates with internal customers in vendor bidding and proposal development (RFP creation and analysis)
• Partners with internal customers to develop study specifications and leverages benchmarking tools as appropriate
• Translates business requirements into vendor capabilities and develops recommendations for vendor selection for a program or therapeutic area
• Is an SME in resolving complex issues relating to contract negotiation and management
• Oversee the identification selection and management of global external service providers
• Leads Vendor bid defense meetings
• Manages the contract negotiation process for complex or high value contracts
• Demonstrates strong understanding of regulatory and legal issues pertinent to clinical development
• Ability to understand analyze and develop recommendations from multiple complex sources such as financial and operational perspectives
• Influence vendor selection with stakeholders at the project team level
• Identifies develops and deploys best practices in vendor selection cost containment and category management practices
• Leverages prior experience with external benchmarking industry best practices and technology for continuous improvement
• Triages studylevel vendor management issues; escalates highrisk issues to appropriate stakeholders
• Translates trends in operational and systematic issues and develops solutions with sustainability in mind to ensure roadblocks are removed during study startup
• Engage with clinical operations leadership to drive sourcing strategy compliance and continued partnership
• As necessary trains internal stakeholders in contract budgeting development and administration

Experience:

• Relevant experience with a BA or MS in a relevant discipline
• MBA or JD preferred
• PMP/CPSM certification or equivalent a plus
• Experience in providing thought leadership and consistent customer service
• Expertise in the endtoend sourcing and contracting process including RFx contract negotiation and management
• Demonstrates an indepth knowledge of the clinical research process and the regulatory environment across functions
• Demonstrated leadership skills while working in fast paced and changing environment
• Financial acumen to review analyze and understand cost drivers of complex budgets
• Legal clinical operations and regulatory acumen
• Travel may be required